Gamecocks find early success in sand volleyball

12:48 AM,
Mar. 12, 2014

Detailed view of a rake evening the sand for a volleyball match.

Written by

Charles Bennett
| Contributing Writer

South Carolina's fledgling sand volleyball team finished its first weekend of competition with a 2-2 record after beating Florida Atlantic and Jacksonville and losing to Florida International and North Florida in the North Florida Invitational at St. Augustine, Fla.

Gamecocks coach Moritz Moritz was encouraged by the team's start.

"We continue to take this day to day," Moritz said. "I think that's what we're continuing to learn from everybody we have played so far and developing our understanding of what we need to do to get better so that we can continue to compete at a high level." ...